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Do you do anything differently when you are going to be consuming a piece of media that contains material you know is going to be difficult? For example, my book club is going to be reading a book with a lot of child abuse in it this month. I'm excited about the author and think it sounds like...

I got the letter this morning before the news even made it to my lawyer. My hearing was only at the beginning of the month, so I was bracing myself for a rejection because it arrived so quickly. It is almost exactly a year since I applied, and there was nothing about them wanting a continuing...

I live in one of the states in the US that have expanded medical assistance, which has been great. I qualify for an additional mental health program, which makes everything a lot easier. I never really thought about why I always avoided going to the public assistance office. It seems reasonable...

I've been doing EMDR since January. Things have been going pretty well. I've gotten used to the process, and I've been making progress. I have also been staying in my body more. I've had a very good last few weeks espescially. Something strange that has been happening is that I've been noticing...

I'm really curious about what people's schedules are like when they're doing EMDR. I pretty frequently compare therapy schedules offline with people that I know that are going through the same mental health system, but I don't know anyone that has done EMDR. I never noticed before, but I...

I got a psychological assessment done this summer. It was done in two parts. The first part was filling out very comprehensive paperwork about my education, work experience, childhood, family history, symptoms, medical history, and everything else. I then went over the information twice with...

I have been taking Trazodone for a few weeks. I slowly started to experience more and more cognitive problems. I would forget things that someone just told me. My brain didn't seem to be working as well as it usually does. I was having a hard time making it through a television program...

I'm not unsympathetic about how scared they were for me, but I've been crying about this off and on for over twenty-four hours, so I'm going to guess that it might not show too much as I'm typing this up. Yesterday, a man stole my phone. It was sitting between me and a friend, and he reached...

Does anyone have any advice for dealing with this? There are times that my entire body freezes up. I feel all of my muscles tensing up. It is like I am an animal trying to stay still because a predator would not be able to see me then. The stressor causing this reaction isn't something that...

An ombudsman is someone that advocates for the public and investigates complaints. The area that I live has one to oversee mental health and rehabilitation services. I have the opportunity to meet with them tomorrow. They report their findings to government offices, insurance companies, and...

What reasons have you had for choosing to not continue with a therapist after the first or second session? I was feeling pretty good about deciding to stop seeing her after typing all of this out. I keep second-guessing my judgement about if I've giving this therapist a fair chance, even...

I can't get my therapist to return my calls. After seeing her for a month, I started calling her on June 8th to find out the time of my appointment for the next week, since she wasn't sure what time she would be available. I have been calling every few days since then, and she has not returned...

I am going to be taking .25 mg of Xanax a few times over the next two months. It makes me absolutely ravenous. I have taken higher doses years ago without having this problem. I don't like taking them, but I'm struggling with hypervigilance when seeing doctors. Has anyone else experienced...

My therapist is changing practices at the end of May. In my last session, we discussed my options, which was either following her to her new practice or switching to a different t in the current practice. I went with a third option of looking for an entirely new t. I found a trauma specialist...

I can't shake the feeling that I don't remember how to eat. I woke up and spent several minutes in the bathroom frozen. After I turned back on, I tried to eat breakfast. I took some leftover pasta out of the fridge, and I thought the best way to go about eating would to stand at the window...

My T and psychiatrist are part of the same health network. When I see my psychiatrist, I am always given a print out at the end of the appointment with some basic health information, the medications I'm taking, and what I have been diagnosed with. I'm guessing the psychiatrist reviews...

I just turned in my final assignment for graduate school. There is no way that I would have been able to do this even a year ago. It was a struggle at some points, but I feel proud that this last semester was so smooth. When I finished my bachelor degrees, I was in a complete panic even at...

I am still in the really early stages of considering opening communication up with family that I've been no contact with for about five years. I'm kind of just guessing on how long it has been, but it is something like that. I am planning on talking about my feelings with my T tomorrow. I...

Anyone have any advice about how to go about making a timeline of events? My therapist asked me to do this a few weeks ago, and I've been working on it mostly steadily. I have hit a bit of a wall. I have already written cards for the memories that come to mind easily. Now, wrapping my mind...

I have been looking around to see if anyone has experienced something like this. I might just not be thinking of the right search terms to use. I am thinking that this might be an example of dissociating, but I'm not really sure. There is a woman that I don't see. It isn't that I don't know...

Hello! I think I have introduced myself on too many forums, because I feel rude if I don't use more explanation points than I think are actually necessary. I have only recently been diagnosed with PTSD. I have struggled with mental illness for most of my life. At the end of last year, I was...